Use IRS Free File for Free Online Tax Prep & E-Filing

It's time to file our tax returns. Last year I discovered www.IRS.gov/freefile. It provides free online tax preparation and e-filing for people earning $62,000 or less a year. The IRS partners with 13 leading tax software companies to provide free access to the most innovative and secure tax software. Free state return options are also available.

Using Free File, most taxpayers simply have to check a box to report health care coverage for the entire year so adjustments can be made to tax liability.

More than 46 million returns have been filed through Free File since its in...